Facial pain. Nasal congestion. Postnasal drip. Fatigue. These are hallmark signs of chronic sinusitis, a swelling of tissue in the nasal and sinus cavity. The…
A study of more than 13,000 middle and high school students across the country found that “only children” were selected as friends by their schoolmates just as…
The evidence of increasing racial disparities for obesity underscores the need for more tailored intervention programs and policies that target high-risk…
The study was conducted by Mausumi Dikpati, Peter Gilman, and Giuliana de Toma, all scientists in the High Altitude Observatory at the National Center for…
Poultry producers have sometimes supplemented chicken feed with roxarsone, a compound containing arsenic, to control parasites and promote weight gain. Most of…
The researchers, Robert A. Graybosch of USDA-ARS and C. James Peterson of Oregon State University, estimated that the average rate of genetic improvement in…
Masami Yokota HiraiTeam LeaderMetabolic Systems Research TeamMetabolomics Research DivisionRIKEN Plant Science CenterPlants produce a wide variety of…
A growing body of experimental evidence is lending support to the theory that an exotic state of matter called a quantum spin liquid actually exists. In a…
Upon receiving the appropriate activating signal, natural killer T (NKT) cells live up to their name, releasing a torrent of molecules that trigger the…
The main functions of the RH degassing plant in the Rourkela Steel Works are the removal of hydrogen, forced decarburization and the chemical heating of the…
Researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute made the discovery by means of a small-molecule inhibitor they identified using a powerful new chemical…
Which type of solar cell will become widely accepted? How can production costs be further reduced? How can the lifetime of flexible OLEDs, displays and solar…
Studies of fish by researcher Henrik Seth from the University of Gothenburg’s Department of Zoology have helped to increase our understanding of what happens…
A thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates that people are more negatively affected than previously reported in studies of involuntary…
Prestigious journal Nature is publishing an article co-authored by Christopher Gillberg of the Unit for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of…
The results, published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, are based on analyses of breast tumours from 97 female breast cancer patients. Half of these…